diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java
index 37617abdb5fe..873ea6763bd2 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.hibernate.processor.util.Constants.ELEMENT_COLLECTION;
+import static org.hibernate.processor.util.Constants.LIST_ATTRIBUTE;
 import static org.hibernate.processor.util.Constants.MANY_TO_ANY;
 import static org.hibernate.processor.util.Constants.MANY_TO_MANY;
 import static org.hibernate.processor.util.Constants.MAP_KEY_CLASS;
@@ -70,7 +71,13 @@ private Types typeUtils() {
 
 	@Override
 	public @Nullable AnnotationMetaAttribute visitArray(ArrayType arrayType, Element element) {
-		return new AnnotationMetaSingleAttribute( entity, element, toArrayTypeString( arrayType, context ) );
+		if ( hasAnnotation( element, MANY_TO_MANY, ONE_TO_MANY, ELEMENT_COLLECTION ) ) {
+			return new AnnotationMetaCollection( entity, element, LIST_ATTRIBUTE,
+					toTypeString(arrayType.getComponentType()) );
+		}
+		else {
+			return new AnnotationMetaSingleAttribute( entity, element, toArrayTypeString( arrayType, context ) );
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/ArrayTest.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/ArrayTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bf541a0c9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/ArrayTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.processor.test.hhh18858;
+
+
+import jakarta.persistence.metamodel.ListAttribute;
+import jakarta.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute;
+import org.hibernate.processor.test.util.CompilationTest;
+import org.hibernate.processor.test.util.WithClasses;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.hibernate.processor.test.util.TestUtil.getFieldFromMetamodelFor;
+import static org.hibernate.processor.test.util.TestUtil.getMetaModelSourceAsString;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * @author Emmanuel Bernard
+ */
+public class ArrayTest extends CompilationTest {
+
+	@Test
+	@WithClasses({Competitor.class, Contest.class})
+	public void testOneToMany() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+		System.out.println( getMetaModelSourceAsString( Competitor.class ) );
+		assertValidMetamodelField( Competitor.class, "id" );
+		assertValidMetamodelField( Competitor.class, "name" );
+
+		System.out.println( getMetaModelSourceAsString( Contest.class ) );
+		assertValidMetamodelField( Contest.class, "id" );
+		assertValidMetamodelField( Contest.class, "results" );
+		assertValidMetamodelField( Contest.class, "heldIn" );
+	}
+
+	private void assertValidMetamodelField(Class<?> entityClass, String fieldName)
+			throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+		final Field entityField = entityClass.getDeclaredField( fieldName );
+		final Class<?> entityFieldType = entityField.getType();
+
+		final Field modelField = getFieldFromMetamodelFor( entityClass, fieldName );
+		final Type modelFieldGenericType = modelField.getGenericType();
+		if ( modelFieldGenericType instanceof ParameterizedType parametrized ) {
+			final Type[] typeArguments = parametrized.getActualTypeArguments();
+			assertEquals( 2, typeArguments.length );
+			assertEquals( entityClass, typeArguments[0] );
+			if ( Collection.class.isAssignableFrom( entityFieldType ) || entityFieldType.isArray() ) {
+				assertEquals( ListAttribute.class, parametrized.getRawType() );
+				if ( Collection.class.isAssignableFrom( entityFieldType ) ) {
+					final ParameterizedType entityFieldGenericType = (ParameterizedType) entityField.getGenericType();
+					assertEquals( entityFieldGenericType.getActualTypeArguments()[0], typeArguments[1] );
+				}
+				else if ( entityFieldType.getComponentType().isPrimitive() ) {
+					assertEquals(
+							entityFieldType.getComponentType(),
+							((Class) typeArguments[1]).getDeclaredField( "TYPE" ).get( null )
+					);
+				}
+				else {
+					assertEquals( entityFieldType.getComponentType(), typeArguments[1] );
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				assertEquals( SingularAttribute.class, parametrized.getRawType() );
+				if ( entityFieldType.isPrimitive() ) {
+					assertEquals(
+							entityFieldType,
+							((Class) typeArguments[1]).getDeclaredField( "TYPE" ).get( null )
+					);
+				}
+				else {
+					assertEquals( entityFieldType, typeArguments[1] );
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			Assertions.fail();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/Competitor.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/Competitor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11d3ba54dacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/Competitor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.processor.test.hhh18858;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+/**
+ * @author Emmanuel Bernard
+ */
+@Entity
+public class Competitor {
+	private int id;
+	private String name;
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	@Id
+	@GeneratedValue
+	public int getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(int id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/Contest.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/Contest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e0cb31c8424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/hhh18858/Contest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.processor.test.hhh18858;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.CascadeType;
+import jakarta.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
+import jakarta.persistence.OrderColumn;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.ListIndexBase;
+
+/**
+ * @author Emmanuel Bernard
+ */
+@Entity
+public class Contest {
+	private int id;
+	private Competitor[] results;
+	private int[] heldIn;
+
+	@Id
+	@GeneratedValue
+	public int getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(int id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
+	@OrderColumn(name = "pos")
+	public Competitor[] getResults() {
+		return results;
+	}
+
+	public void setResults(Competitor[] results) {
+		this.results = results;
+	}
+
+	@ElementCollection
+	@OrderColumn
+	@ListIndexBase( 1 )
+	public int[] getHeldIn() {
+		return heldIn;
+	}
+
+	public void setHeldIn(int[] heldIn) {
+		this.heldIn = heldIn;
+	}
+
+	/*public enum Month {
+		January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December;
+	};*/
+}